Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-21
no PEACE A PALACE.
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~ mnperor william receives q
= looks at him sharply and gives
f~1Ds1ssion that he Ii turning over in
md whether the person before him
uruA1 be more suitable Is a hussar, q
0knassier, a dragon or q mere infantry
80. His face is wrinkled to an extraor-
nary degree, and the look Of the eyes is
Somewhat sad. But the face hghtens up
with . kindly smile v the old gentleman
gives Q military twist upward to his snow
white mustaches. The emperor talks in
short sentences. His conversation is OF
the brusque stocky nature affected by
old soldiers who prefer q hearty shake Of
the hand to fine speeches.
He used to be able TO speak French
pretty well, but has now almost forgotten
II. only remembering a few set ceremonial
phrases, which he uses in addressing the
French ambassador or ambassadors.
English he still speaks correctly, having
learned IL thoroughly when, after the sad
events of 1S4S, he was forced to spend al
most two years in England. The EN-
peror has never had any p~retensions TO be
considered a man interested in science or
art. Together with Prince Bismarck and
Field Marshal Count Moltke, he takes
-~SA. In raxr.r haxtuv 49, hS1 fnpt fnaiAa N
museum or exhibition Of pictures. The
only French novel which he has ever read
Ia the Wandering jew" His table is
covered with military pamphlets, and
every week he Chances through The Lon
don Illustrated News, Graphic and The
French Illustration. There is q certain
kind Of mysticism ~pervading the old
gentleman's and conversation. II
Is even discemible in the sympathetic
tones of his voice. He ascribes every
thing TO Divine Providence. Nor must 1t
be supposed for one instant that this is
merely a figure of speech to be produced
for the benefit Of the public. On the con-
trary, his life shows hat he is pervaded
with the idea that In everything he is the
mere instrument of The Almighty.
An ILL TENN kRkD MIXES
Early N the morning, about 10 o'clock,
the empress makes q point of visiting the
emperor in his study. This is the only
time during the whole of the t~wenty-four
hours when husband and wife see each
other without witnesses. OF course, moth
ing certain is known about their converse
ton on these occasions, but presumably
politics are not referred 10. Since the fall
Of her fsvorite Count Arnim the empress
has withdrawn from all interference in the
affairs Of the government, and has even
particular enemy, Prince Bismarck.
IL Ia somewhat amusing TO know
that the only newspaper which she
reads is The Paris Temps, which
she prefers to all others, even The Cologne
Gazette. In the evening, toward 10
O'Clock, the emperor makes his way up
stairs toward the empress tea table, where
he invariably spends about twenty min
ufes to half an hour in gossiping with her
and with her pet c%ronies, the Duke and
Duchess Of Sagan.
He always maintains the most complete
equanimity of temper, and If his wife is
more than usually irritable he merely
shrugs his shoulders with q smile and
mutters something about her Russian
blood" alluding, no doubt, TO the fact of
her being q direct descendant Of the crazy
Emperor Paul Of Russia. The subject
which above all others forms the favorite
topic Of the empress conversation is the
unpleasantness which exists between her
self and her daughter-in-law, the crown
princess, whom, Notwithstanding all ap-
pearances to the contrary, she most cor
daily detests. Both the emperor and en-
press feel and believe that the moment the
new sovereign succeeds to the throne most
OF their old servants will be got rid of and
perhaps the whole policy OF the empire
changed. The empress is most bitter on
the subject, and often asserts that when
her husband dies she will take up her
quarters at Rome, since her life not only
at Berlin, but even anywhere else in Ger
many, would be rendered perfectly impos-
sible by the new empress, whom she alludes
70 n an alien with new tangled notions,
whose pernicious influence has already de-
priyed her of the affection and respect of
her only son.
THE ENPERoR's SEVERITY.
Meanwhile at the palace Of the crown
prince the evaporation at the present
state of affairs daily grows intense. So
Jealous Is the old emperor Of every vestige
Of his power, that he makes a point of
keeping the crown prince as much as
possible a stranger TO everything that
is going on. The authority Of the head
If the family is one Of the most sacred
principles Of the Hohenzoflern dynasty,
and until 1865, when the present emperor
became prince regent, both he and his
wife were subject to the caprices and
often ridiculous orders Of the reigning
sovereign, who was an elder brother.
In their turn the emperor and empress
are treating the crown prince, and
especially his wife, with q similar and
almost incredible severity The prince is
unable to make a single step in any direc-
ton or TO absent himself from Berlin with
ont his fathers permission, while the
crown princess is not even allowed 10 name
a single m Of her own ladies in waiting
or TO choose a governess for her daughters,
or 10 travel, or ever TO allow her own
children TO be present at any charitable
fete without first obtaining The sanction
OF her naughty, querulous and frequently
insulting mother In law. The eldest o
of the crown prince, Prince William, who
rs lar from being q pleasant youth, is not
particularly liked by either his father or
mother. Az q natural consequence he is
made a special ~favorits Of by both the
empress and emperor, who frequently
show their preference for him IN q manner
exceedingly painful and insulting toward
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